Leaving Cuenca on Friday, we ended up in Loja for the night. Loja was of little interest. The only thing we will remember it for is our worst accomodation so far. A small, shitty, stinky room with the worst bed ever... Needless to say that we left the place very early the following morning. Took the bus to Vilcabamba, where we met some interesting French people (yes, it does exist...). Vilcabamca is a nice and very relaxed little town (4,000 inhabitants). The German-owned hostal was quality, a little luxury before Peru. It appears that a lot of foreigners come to live in Vilcabamba. I understand why, life seems sweet over here. For the first night I treated myself with a very German currywurst. Priceless... For the following day (today actually), Simon and I decided to part ways. He went on a hike, I went on a horse ride to the jungle. I thought after our 2 previous horse rides that I could somehow ride a horse? Well, the guide this time showed me how to handle a horse properly (!). My legs are sour. But it was great, the best horse ride so far

. We climbed through very narrow paths, went down steep ways. Had lunch by a waterfall after riding through the jungle full of butterflies. We also finally got to write the postcards from Ecuador, was about time since we are planning to head to Peru tomorrow. For dinner, we went to town and enjoyed some Burritos, washed down with a long-awaited Diet Coke (I'll have you know that it is very rare over here!). There are so many other details I would to share, but it is just impossible. At least i'm happy that Simon is there to share this experience with me... Going to bed now for some rest, the bus ride will be long tomorrow!

Haha, the currywurst in the Jungle :) Glad you still can appreciate the good German cuisine! We are just back from Rita's brothers wedding in Spain... Was super! In the middle of nowhere in a little finca with 40 degrees during the day and a minimum of 30 at night... well looking at your experiences, I hardly can compete I guess ;)